Skeining-machine



H. E. VERRAN AND M. O. CLAUSS.

SKEINING MACHINE.

APPUCATION man MAR. 21, 1911 RENEWED DEC. 15, 19:1.

1,365,641. Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

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H h I I "ix-l H. E. VERRAN AND M. 0. CLAUSS. SKEINING MACHINE. "memo" FILED a. 21. I911. RENEWED use. I5. 1911.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

" may v H. E. VERRAN AND M. 0. CLAUSS.

SKElNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 19H. RLNKWEU DEC. 15. \911.

1,365,641. Patented Jan. 11,1921.

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u'i'i is iallll 1 H. E. VERRAN AND M. O. CLAUSS. SKElNING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, I911. RENEWED DEC. I5. 1911.

1,365,641, Patented Jan. 11,1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY E. VERRAN AND MAX 0. CLAUSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO H. E.

VERRAN COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SKEINING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 11, 1921.

Application filed March 27, 1911, Serial No. 617,039. Renewed December 15, 1917. Serial No. 207,357.

To all whom it may com-(am:

Be it known that we, HARRY F.. V ERRAN, a citizen of the United States, and Max 0. (I..'\nss, a citizen of the German Empire, residing in New York, in the State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful tikeining-Machine, of which the following a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a machine which will perform the operations necessary to wind and bind silk or other threads in the form of skeins.

For this purpose we provide a machine which winds the thread until the necessary turns result. then binds the leading end or head 0 t the thread at the beginning of the skein, with the thread at the end of the last turn by means of wire, and then cuts the completed skein from the supply of unslrcined thread.

When this binding and cutting operation has taken place, and thus an individual skein has been formed, the entire skein is automatically thrown ofi the machine. Thereupon the machine automatically repeats its action, winding the thread, binding it, cutting it. and throwing it off.

By the use of this invention an cutirc skein is made without the assistance of any operator except for starting the machine when coll'nncncing to work, after which the operation is continuous, requiring little or no attention. The use of such machines saves time and labor, thereby materially decreasing the cost of manufacture, and likewise enhancing the solubility of the skeins produced.

In the accompanying drawings. which show one embodiment of our invention,

l igure 1 is a side elevation of our improved machine, parts of which are broken away and parts of which are shown in dotted lines in order to indicate the operation of the part Fig. :3 is a front View of the machine shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. a plan view showing a portion of the winding-drum and the binder and cutter in relation thereto, also showing on the drum holding means for the thread preparatory to its binding and cutting.

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the binding cutting means,

Fig. 3 is a front view of the binding and cutting means.

Figs. 6 and 7 are a side view and front and view respectively of the speed cam, whereby the speed of the winding devices, binding and cutting devices are controlled,

Figs. 8 and 9 are side and front views of the time cam, whereby the number of turns in a skein is controlled,

Fig. 10 is a side view of the main camwheel,

Fig. 11 is a front view of the main-camwheel,

Fig. 12 is a rear view of the main-camwheel,

Fig. 13 is an elevation of the binding devices on a larger scale than in Figs. 4 and 5,

Fig. 14 is a vertical cross section through the drum-flange and the binding and cutting devices, on an enlarged scale,

Fig. 15 is a plan-view, partly in section, of a friction-clutch of the machine, and

Fig. 16 is an elevation of the thread-holding jaws.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawing.

Our improved machine is composed of winding apparatus, and binding, cutting, and throwing or discharging apparatus. These respective apparatus are so arranged as to be operated from one central governing source. This governing is so arranged that at the termination of the winding, the bind ing and cutting and then the throwing apparatus is set in motion on the conclusion of which the winding apparatus is again set in motion.

The winding apparatus is operated at different times at high speed and at low speed, and the binding, cutting, and throwing apparatus is operated during low speed, and when the high speed movement of the winding apparatus is stopped.

Referring to the drawings, the winding drum 15 is provided at its hub with a clutch 19 operated by a clutch 20 on the sleeve or clutch-member 20 of a gear 21 operated by a sprocket-chain 22, from a gear 23 which in turn is rotated by mechanism hereinafter described at high or low speed.

A main-cam-wheel 35 is centrally located in the machine, and one side of it is adapted to be engaged by a clutch and thereby rotated. This side controls the winding mechanism. The periphery and opposite side of the main-cam-wheel 35. govern the operations of the thread-guiding means, the hindto nearly close the Wire upon itself, for embracing the threads.

At either side of the die 171, guide-plates 179, 180 guide the threads, so as to hold the same. across the die during the binding operation, so that When the wire 71 is curved outwardly in the form given to it by the curved portion 72 it reliably embraces the thread. The die, also the guide-plates, are adjustable at their fastening screws so as to be brought in register with the curved portion 72. Continued movement of the ra k '39 and pinion 69 brings about through the eccentric 62, a downward movement of the member 63, whereby two simultaneous actions are performed. First, the operation of the cutting-device of the binding-wire, which consists of a knife-holder '73 pivoted to frame (S-l, and which has a knife 74 at its lower end, which knife engages the bottom of the teed-plate 69 close to its lower opening. The wire protrudes from said opening and movement of the knife 74 causes the wirc to be cut and to be so squeezed between the feed-plate. knife, and the roller 173 of the die 171 as to tightly clamp the threads, which are thus bound for closing the skein.

Secondly and on the other side of the frame 64 of the binding mechanism, but by the simultaneous movement of eccentric rod (33. the scissors are operated. These consist of a stationary blade 7 7 secured to the frame 64, and a movable blade 78 pivoted at 67 to the frame and having an arm 80 with a slot 81 which is engaged by a pin 82 secured to the knife-holder 73, so that a practically simultaneous movement of the Wire-cutting knife '74 and the thread-cutting scissors is brought about. During the cutting the thread is retained in the scissors by its tension. assisted by the cross-bar 181, which supports the thread across the opening 182 of the plate 50. Said opening extends also through the drum flange, and thereby the loose ends or waste cut from the leading end of the thread is permitted to fall and be discharged from the machine.

\l'hen the thread forming the skein is cut off from the main supply or feed, the feedthrcad is still engaged by the jaws 47. The thread is held in this position by the guide in. while the guide is in its inward or rearward position.

t'ter the skein is discharged. the machine is then ready for another operation, and thereupon the illlQtHl-Qfllldfi 46 is moved from its rearward to its forward position and when it attains this position the drum is aga n rotated and the winding operation commenced.

The thread-guide l6 mores outward y in rlh li position that the thread is engaged by an upright pin 2'46 of the plate 59 at the outside of which pin and a c'rresponding pin 87 the winding is carried on. This winding continues until the necessary rotations have been made and the skein has been wound to the desired number of turns, after which the drum is again brought to a standstill and the l)inding-mechanism and cutting-mechanism again brought into operation.

The fit/airing mechanism.

lmmediately after the thread is properly bound, and cut oil. and before the Winding operation for the next skein is commenced, the skein that has just been bound is thrown off from the winding-drum. During the winding the thread is held upon retainers 9i) and 90 which have each a V-shaped recess of which one is shown, 92, and which are pivoted by slot and pin 93 to the drum, and proje-rt radially through the same so as to receive the thread in their recesses. The other end of each retainer is pivoted by slot and pin to a radial arm 95, 95 secured to a s eeve 96 loosely fitting the hub 97 of the whirling-drum. The sleeve 96 is connected to a rod 99 whi h passes through the shaft 16 and at its rear-end is onnected by pin and slot to a lever 100. which is pivoted to a bracket IO-l of the frame 17. The other end of the lever 109 pivoted to a link 105 pivotally connected with a camlever 196 pivoted at the lower part of the frame of the machine. At its central portion the lever 106 is provided with a follower 108 adapted to engage a cam 199 of the main-cam-wheel 35. A spring 17() keeps the fol ower 108 pressed against the cam-wheel 35. The cam 109 is so pla ed an} the lever 1 6 so operated that after the thread has been wound into the skein and bound and cut the sleeve 96 is moved. outwardly and thereby the radial arms 95, 9.") more the retainers 90. 90" outwardly into the po it n indicated in full lines in Fig. '1. thereby throwing out away from the ma hine the completed skein. The skeins drop into some ontainer on the floor of t e room. and are there gathered.

.l/ H s confroU-iug Hie mmzhcr of farm in. flc M741 It is necessary to limit the length of thread in sli'ein. In the machine shown. the \\'iiidimrdrum has about, one yard circumference. and in order to regulate the number of turns or yards in a skein a timewbo l llll ll()\\'ll in Figs. l. H and 9 is provided. on a shall :21. suitably mounted in the f ame 17. to which shaft a ratchet-wheel H2 is secured. which is engaged by a detentpawl il pivoted o the frame and held in position b a spring 1 .5. The ratchet 112 is moved tooth by tooth by a pawl 11b operated y an eccentric 117 on the hub of the drum. and is conneted with spring 115. so that both pawls are held by said spring in engagement with the ratchet 112. By each rotation of the drum and therefore of eecentric 117, pawl 116 is given a forward and return movement and thereby the ratchetwheel 112 moved step by step. This movement is transmitted to the time-wheel 110 until its peripheral recess 125 arrives opposite and beneath a follower 120 on an arm 121 of the rock-shaft 13. Immediately thereafter the pawl'27 drops in the recess 127, whereupon shaft 13 to which both pawls are secured is moved, and follower 120 enters the recess 125. hus the movement of pawl 127 and follower 120 are coincident. The object of the time-wheel and depression 125 is to prevent the pawl 27 on rock-shaft 13 from engaging the recess 1 7 in the rim 128 of the drum during rapid rotation of the drum while winding is taking place. When however the'drum arrives near the end of the winding operation then the pawl 27 must engage the recess 127, and to do this the time-wheel is so placed that at that time it is possible for the follower 120 to enter the depression 125, which thereby permits the pawl 27 to engage the recess 127, by which engagement the drum is brought to rest. When the pawl 27 engages the recess 127 the lever 26 and elbow-lever 25 are re leased and the yoke 24 is moved by its spring 134 rearwardly, so that the clutch-member 2O embraced by the yoke is thrown com pletely out of engagement with the clutch of the drum and is brought in engagement with the clutch, of the main-cam-wheel. By the rotation of the main-camwheel 35 the binding and cutting apparatus is set inmotion as before described. A. roller 187 on the pawl 27 serves to lift the nose of the pawl away from the drum rim during rotation, thereby preventing wear. Said roller rolls on the drum flange within the rim and is adapted to enter a slot 190 in the flange opposite the recess 127 of the rim, so as to permit the pawl to enter said recess during the low speed operation.

After the binding and cutting apparatus has performed its operation the main-camwheel 35 will cause its cam 36 to engage the follower 28 and throw the yoke 24 and clutch-member 20 from rearward position again forwardly so as to partly engage the clutch of the drum. By this movement the pawl 27 is taken partly out of its recess until the lower end of the pawl seats itself on a cam-portion 129 of the drum-rim, which cam-portion gradually raises the pawl to final upward position and at the same time gives the clutch-member a final thrust into the clutch of the drum.

If for instance the ratchet 112 have 32 teeth, the number of turns to be made in the skein may be reduced from 32 to 16 by providing the time-wheel 110 and the speedwheel 150 with recesses diametrically opposite to their recesses 125 and 151 respectively,

or the periphery may be divided into three,

The speed mechanism.

The machine obtains its power from any suitable source not shown in the drawings, which is connected with a driveshaft 130 by a chain or other transmission device 131,

engaging a gear 132, which is secured to a motor-member 133 loosely mounted on the shaft 130. These power receiving devices 131, 132 and'133 run at high speed. In order to operate the several apparatus of the machine at low speed the motor-member 133 has secured thereto a pinion 134 which engages a gear-wheel 135 on a counter-shaft 1336 supported in the frame 17. To the counter-shaft 136 a pinion 138 is also secured which in turn meshes with a gear 139, which gear is secured to a frictionclutch member 140, which is loosely mounted on the drive-shaft 130. A second friction clutch member 141 is secured to the driveshaft 130 by any suitable means, and interposed between the members 140 and 141 is a ball 143. The runway of the ball is shown in Fig; 15 and consists therein that the member 141 fixed to the shaft has a tapering recess 146 with a shoulder 147. When the member 140 rotates the ball 143 is carried with it and jammed into the narrow portion of the recess 146. By this jamming the members 140 and 141 are operatively connected and rotated in unison, and thereby the gear-wheel 23 is given the low speed. The gear-wheel 23 is fixedly connected with the shaft 130 and transmits its motion as before described by means of the sprocketchain 22 to the gear-wheel 21 of clutchmember 20. By the mechanism thus described the high speed imparted to the motor-member 133 is transformed into low speed. With this low speed the main-cam 35 is operated, as also the winding-drum 15 for a portion of its rotation. It is necessary to operate the drum at two speeds, low speed and high speed, the low speed for the purpose of enabling the engagement of the pawl 27 with the recess 127, as otherwise the drum may be injured and the mechanism may be broken, but after the pawl 27 is disengaged from its recess 127 and the drum set in rotation at low speed by reason of the part engagement of the clutch-member 20 with the drum clutch 19, then it is desirable in order to make the'winding of the skein in the quickest time to have the drum rotate at high speed.

This is accomplished by the action of the high and low speed wheel 150, shown separately in Figs. 6 and 7, which is secured to the shaft 111 and is rotated step by step with the step-by-step rotation of the shaft 111 ('illlSUli. by the action of the pawl 116 engaging its ratchet 112. The wheel 150 has a cam-portion or depression 151 which is so positioned in respect to its follower 152 that when the winding-drum is at rest or at low speed, the follower engages the depression. After the low speed operation, a lever 153 on which the follower is mounted, is so moved as to press a plunger 160 to which is secured a plate 161 having a friction-ring 162 adapted to enga e a recess 163 of the motor-member 133:1. lhe motor-member as stated rotates at high speed, and by the frictional engagement thus obtained the shaft 130 is rotated at high speed and thereby the gear 23 and clutch-member 20 also rotated at high speed.

By reason of the high speed of the shaft 130 and the carrying with it of the member 141, the ball 143 is not operated on, since it is always in advance of the friction-clutch member 141. By reason of this there is no positive engagement between the members 140 and 141, and the gears 134, 135, 1 18, 139 continue to rotate in the same way as before. This high speed continues until shortly before the recess 127 arrives at its pawl 27, toward the end of the last rotation of the winding-drum, when the speed wheel 150 arrives at the position where its recess 151 is engaged by the follower 152, at which time the follower engages the recess and permits the elbow-lever 153 by reason of spring 154 on the plunger assisted by the brake spring 186 to be thrown rearwardly and outwardly, whereby the friction member 161 is disengaged from the motor-member 133. The drum then continues its rota tion but at low speed until the clutch-momber 20 is finally disengaged as before stated and the pawl 27 engages the recess in the drum, when the drum comes to a standstill.

The shaft 130 is provided with a longitudinal slot through which passes a pin 156 secured to the plunger 166 and to the friction-member 161. This permits the free axial movement of the members and the rotation of all members jointly.

To assist in quickly bringing the drum 15 to low speed. a brake is employed, comprising a brakedever 187 pivoted to the frame and carrying a shoe 188 adapted to engage the drum rim when the brake-lever is permitted, by the rearward movement of the plunger 160, to swing under the action of the brake spring 186. When the plunger is returned into forward position it presses on the bralm-lever, thereby releasing the brake, and holding the same away from the drum during the winding operation at high speed.

The clutches 19 and 20 also 20 and 38, are provided each with only two teeth, whereby when transforming the speed of the clutch-member 20 from low speed to high speed, movement of the clutch 20 for part of a rotation is permitted after its entrance into the clutch 19, Without moving the drum, which affords time for the reliable lifting of the pawl 27 and placing of all the parts in position for the winding.

peration.

With the machine at rest and the threadholder in front position for commencing the operation. the free end of the thread Supported by the thread-holder 46 is taken by the operator and held in a position in front of the drum. in such manner as not to be engaged by the pins 86, 87, during the rotation of the drum. The machine is then set in operation by applying power through the chain-drive 1 11, and thereby the drum is rotated at high speed. When the drum reaches the end of this set of rotations the low speed goes into action and thereby the speed of the drum is changed from high to low. until the drum is gradually brought to rest by engagement of the pawl 27 in the re- (-ees 127. The thread-holder 46 then passes tran versely from its front to its rear position. thereby carrying the thread over the j ans 4?. The binding mechanism descends, whereby a gatherer 52 on the binder-frame 61 cooperates with the gatherers 179 and 166 to place the thread in proper position for binding and cutting. and the opener 45 engages the jaw-pins and opens the jaws, and at the same time presses the thread which was brought transversely across the drum by the thread-holder 46 between the opened jaws, the outer end of the thread still being held by the operator. The binding wire 71, before commencing the operation of the machine, has been by hand inserted in the groove 70 and by means of a suitable key (not shown) applied to the shaft 6? of the knurled feed-roller 68 moves forward to the end of the groove, is now caused by operation of the pawl to protrude and to pass under the thread, which is now held by the gatherers in proper positi n acro s the die. The wire passes against the die roller 173, and by the combined operation of the parts is curved upwardly so as to surround the thread. Practically simultaneously, or immediately before this operation. the opener lifted against its friction between the collars 175, 176, by the finger 174 and thereby disengaged from the jaws which are then closed by their spring 17%. laterally-projecting downturned book 31 on a tooth of one of the jaws 47 assists in retaining the thread in the jaws. immediately thereafter the wire-cutting mechanism and the thread-cutting mechani m are operated practically simultaneously. The cutting-knife 73 cuts off the wire and forces the same against a projection 101 of the wire-guide 69, and the die, and thereby clamps the wire which envelops the thread, tightly around the same. The scissors 77, 78. are operated by the downward movement of pin 82, so as to cut off the thread. When this is done the binding mechanism is moved upwardly by spring 185. An abutment 202, of the frame, is so located that the opener 415 strikes the same on the upward movement of the binding mechanism, thereby moving the opener forward to original position, so that it will again open the jaws on descending. The throwing mechanism is operated forwardly and back, but does not throw anythingoff, since no turns of the thread were, during the starting operation described, made on the drum. The piece of thread which the operator holds in his hand is cut off with the piece of wire bound around it, and the thread of the supply-reel remains at its end clamped tightly in the aws 47. The jaws now perform the function of holding the end of the thread, the operator not holding any part of the same.

The thread-holder is now moved from its innermost position transversely across the drum to its outermost position and thereby the thread passes over the jaws, but not into the same, and pulls thereon, whereby, by reason of the jaw pivots 102 being at the strain side, namely the outer side, of the jaw-faces, the end of the thread that is held in the jaws is clamped tighter.

By the outward movement of the threadholder the thread is brought outwardly into the line of winding on the drum.

The pawl 27 is released from the rim of the drum and the drum is set in motion, in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3, whereby the thread is caught by the pin 86 and takes the course indicated to the line of winding on the drum. The drum is rotated at high speed the number of times corresponding to the number of turns to be made in the skein. When the rotations are completed, the drum is rotated for a portion of a rotation at low speed until it is brought to standstill.

The high speed is changed into low speed by reason of the follower 151 engaging the recess in the high and low speed wheel 150, and the drum goes on at low speed until the pawl 27 engages the recess 127. Simultaneously the yoke 24% is pressed toward the main cam-wheel 35 whereby the cultch-member 20 is disengaged from the clutch 19 on the drum and brought into engagement with the clutch on the cam-wheel. By further rotation of the cam-wheel 35, the spring 183 is permitted to move the thread-holder from forward to rearward position, whereby the thread is carried across the drum, being guided by the pin 87 and is placed in the gatherers.

Shortly thereafter the cam 56 will operate the lever 58 and bring the binding and cutting mechanism downwardly toward the face of the drum. The gatherer 52 gathers the two threads held between the pins 86, 87, so as to bring the same into the apex of the recess of the gatherers on the drum. At the same time the opener engages the pins 48, 49 of the jaws and opens the same and presses the thread held by the thread-holder into the jaws. When the binder is in its lowered position the eccentric 62 is brought into operation and by means of the link 5%- and ratchet 65 turns the knurled feed-wheel 68 and thrusts a part of the wire 71 outwardly under both threads, the free end of the wire being guided by the die on the. drum and thereby turned upwardly so as to envelop both threads.

Immediately thereafter the wire-cutting mechanism and thread-cutting mechanism are operated practicelly simultaneously. The cutting-knife 7% cuts off the wire and forces the cut-off portion against the projection 101 of the guide 69 and the die-roll 173, and thereby clamps the wire tightly around the threads. The scissors are also operated so as to cut off the threads, the two threads being cut at a place between the wire-bind ing devices and the jaws. Then the binding-mechanism is returned upwardly by operation of the spring 185, and the skein is free to be thrown off. r

The skein, consisting of the number of turns intended, is wound on the drum and in the recesses of the retainers 90, 90 These retainers are operated by the follower 108 being acted onby the cam 109, thereby actuating the rod 99 passing through the shaft 16, moving the sleeve 96 outwardly on the hub of the drum, whereby the arms 95, 95

move the retainers 90, 90 at the pivoted up per end outwardly in slots 204:, 205 of the drum, upsetting them over their pivot pins on the drum, slots in the retainers allowing the necessary play of the pin on the end of the arms to permit swinging the retainers The retainers throw the skein with the ends bound by the wire, outwardly away from the? machine. After the skein has been discharged the retainers are returned to their normal position by the action of spring 170.

At this time the jaws hold two pieces of thread, the small piece of thread cut from the leading end or free end of the skein which was first held by the jaws, and the other thread which is part of the thread passing through the thread-holder. The small piece remains in the jaws during the operation of winding the following skein, and when this is wound and the jaws are again opened to receive the thread this small piece of cut-off thread from the first skein falls from thejaws through the opening in the plate 50 and flange of the drum. The

slreining-machine comprising a winding drum, jaws on the periphery of said drum for retaining the thread thereon during winding, and positiv ly-actuated means independent of the drum for opening said jaws on completion of the winding.

10. In a skeiningmachine, a shaft, a windingdrum thereon, a high and low speed mechanism, a high and low-speed wheel con trolling said mechanism, and a pawl and ratchet mechanism between the shaft and the high and low-speed wheel "for operating the latter.

11. In a skeiningmachine, a shaft, a winding-drum thereon, a counter-shait, a high and low-speed mechanism, a high and low-speed wheel on said counter-shaft controlling said high and low-speed mechanism, a time-wheel on said counter-shaft, and drum-arresting means controlled by said time-wheel.

12. In a skeining machine, a winding drum having a slot and an inclined recess leading thereto, and means governing the rotation of the drum and a detent-pawl connected with said means and adapted to engage said slot and recess.

13.111 a slreining machine, a winding drum, *inding means, cutting means, and a clutch on the winding drum sha'i t adapted when in one position to engage th winding drum for rotating the same, and adapted when in another position to engage mechanism for operating the binding and the cutting means.

l-l. In a skeining machine, a shaft, a winding drum loose on said. shaft and having a clutch-member, a main-cam-wheel on said shaft having a clutch-member, binding means, means cooperating with the main cam-wheel for operating the binding means, a driving-clutch-member on the windingdrum shaft, said clutch-member having at opposite ends thereof teeth adapted to engage respectiveiy with the clutch-members of the winding-drum and main-cam-wheel, and means for shifting said rotatable clutchmember on said shaft as to engage either of said members.

15. in a sizeining-machine,. a shaft, a windingdrum loose thereon, binding means, cutting means, thread-guiding means and throwing means, main-cam-wheel on said shaft, and a clutch-member rotatable and longitudinally shiftable on said shaft and cooperating with said main-cam-wheel and drum alternately for controlling the rotation of the winding means and the move 16. In a s imming-machine, inding .means, binding means, a motion-transmitting mechanism, means tor connecting the same alternately with said winding means and said binding means, and means for actuating said motion transmitting met-hm nism at high speed for a portion of the period of its connection with the winding means, at low speed for the remainder of said period, and at low speed during its connection with said binding means.

17. In a skeining machine, a shaft, winding means thereon, binding means, cutting means, thread'guiding means, and throwing means, driving means at one time operatively connected with the winding means, at a second time operatively connected with the thread-guiding means and throwing means, and at a third time operatively connected with the binding and cutting means.

18. A. skeining-machine comprising means for winding the thread, and means for binding together with separate binding material the ends of the wound thread in a closed skein having free intermediate loops.

19. In a skeining-machine, means for guiding one portion of the wound skein thread in juxtaposition to another portion thereof, means for bending a binding element around both portions independent of the wound loops, and means for cutting both portions beyond the point of binding.

20.111 a skeining-machine, means for guiding one portion OJ. tne thread in jHXtZI- position to another portion there-or", means for bending a binding-wire around both portions together, means for cutting both portions beyond the point 01" binding, and means for cutting the binding-wire.

21. In a skeining machine, means for bending a binding-Wire into binding-engagement with the ends or a wound skein, wire-cutting means, thread-cutting means, and means operating the wire-cutting means and thread-cutting means after the binding operation.

22. In a slzeining machine, wire-cutting means, thread-cutting means, wire-bending means, and means for moving each of said means from an initial upward position to a lowered position, and on the continued movement operating consecutively said wirebending means, wire-cutting means, and thread-cutting means.

23. In a skeining-machine, winding means, means for holding a cut end-portion of the skeined threadduring winding at a point removed from the body of the skein and on a line transverse to the direction of winding, means for moving the uncut opposite endportions of the thread after winding in juxtaposition to said first end also transverse to the direction of Winding, and means for binding together the said cut and uncut transverselvextending portions of the thread.

2-1. In a skeining-machine. winding means, means for holding a cut end-portion ot' the skeined thread (liliflf1 winding at a point removed from the body of the sltein and on a line transverse to the direction of winding. means for moving the uncut opposite endpo tion of the thread after winding in juxtaposition to said first end also tran verse to the direction of winding. mean for binding together the said out and uncut transversely extending portions of the thread, and means for cutting .--aid uncut portion of the thread.

25. In a skeining machine. a winding drum, pivoted thread-holding jaws on the drum, and a movable opener adapted to err gage the jaws and open the same.

26. In a skeining machine, a winding drum, and spring-actuated thread-holding jaws carried therebv. one of said jaws having a hook for retaining the thread therein.

27. In a skeining-machine. winding means. m ans for holding a cut end-portion of the skeined thread during winding at a point rem ved from the body of the skein and on a line transverse to the direction of winding. means for moving the uncut opposite end-portion of the thread after winding in juxtaposition to said first end also trans ersc to the direction of winding. means to" binding together th said cut and uncut transversel v extending portions of the thread with their end-portions pointing in the same direction, and means for cutting said uncut portion of the thread.

28. In a skeining machine. a winding drum, a thread-support. thread-clamping jaws and thread-cutting means between said upport and said jaws.

29. n a skeining machine a winding d um. thread-cutting means. means for plac ing two portions of a thread in cutting position. and a support for the thr ad during cutting.

30. In a skeining machine, a winding drum. :1 die thereon having a roller. wire iwnding means, movable toward the drum. and means for moving the wire out of the \\'ir -h-\u l ng means and against said rolleri'l. In a skeining machine. a winding drum thread-gripping means thereon and threadguiding pins on said drum between said gripping means and the path of winding.

32. In a skeining-machine. thread-winding means. thread-binding means, a clutch shiftable into engagement at one side with the winding means. and at the other side into engagement with the binding means. a high and low-speed mechanism connected with the clutch, clutch-shifting devices, a time wheel controlling the operation of said devices, and a high and low-speed wheel controlling the operation of said high and lowspeed mechanism relatively to the operation of the clutch by said clutch-shifting devices.

33. In a skeining machine, a shaft, an eccentric on the shaft, wire-cutting means, thread-guiding means. jaw opening means, and a thread gather-er, all of said parts being so arranged that on the rotation of theshaft they are moved into operative position, and said wire-bending wire-cutting, and thread-cutting means being so arranged that on the further movement of the shaft they are operated to form the wire, cut the same. and cut the thread.

34. In a skeining machine, winding means, thread-holding jaws. means for guiding one portion of a thread to said jaws, means for opening said jaws to receive said portion, and closing the same thereon, means for guiding another portion of the thread to said jaws. and means for opening and closing said jaws upon both portions after said second portion is inserted.

In a skeining machine, a winding drum. spring-actuated thread-holding jaws on said drum, a jaw opener having a pin, a thread-guide movable over the jaws for placing the thread therein. and means engaging the pin of the opener for moving the same away from said jaws for permitting the closing of the same.

36. In a skeining machine, thread-holding means. and means for binding the thread by wire enveloping the two ends of the thread independent of the intermediate loops and clamping the same while held in said thread-holding means.

37. In a skeining machine. a windingdrum. thread-holding retainers pivoted thereto. each having a slot. and an arm having a pin engaging the said slot, whereby on the movement of the arm. the retainer is moved so as to discharge the thread held therein.

39. In a skeining machine. a windingdruni, thread -guiding pins thereon, a thread-Support. and thread-holding jaws on said drum. binding means. and thread-cutting means adapted to be moved toward the drum. a thread gatherer for holding the thread with the first named thread gatherer on the drum. and a jaw opener, said binding means. thread-cutting means and opener operating when in position adjacent the drum, whereby the thread is inserted in the jaws, bound and cut.

39. In a skeining machine, a windingdrum, thread-cutting means, thread gatherers, a thread support. thread-holding jaws said jaws holding one end of the three during the winding of the same on the drum. thread-guiding-pins on the drum, :1 thread-guide movable transversely across the drum from its outward winding position -thread-gatherers, support and jaws, wire binding means, thread-cutting means, and a jaw opened movable toward the drum after the inward movement of the threadguide, said binding means, cutting means, and jaw opener being operated when adj acent the drum, means for moving the jaw opener to permit closing of the jaws, and means for'operating the binding means and thread-cutting means, whereby the thread is bound together and cut off from the supply.

40. In a skeining machine, a winding drum adapted to wind a skein thereon, and means for holding the ends of said skein and binding the same with an independent piece of binding means.

41. In a skeining machine, a winding drum adapted to wind a single skein thereon relatively near its outer extremity, means for binding the ends of said slrein. and means for removing the bound skein from said drum before winding of another skein.

42. In a skeining machine, the combination with skein-forming means, of skein binding means comprising holding means for the binding wire normally held clear of the skein-forming means and adapted to be moved into proximity to the skeins, means for advancing the wire, means for binding the same, and means for cutting off the same.

43. In a skeining machine, the combination with skein-torming means, of skein binding means comprising holding means for the binding wire normally held clear of the skein-forming means and adapted to be moved from an upper to a lower position in proximity to the skeins, means for advancing the wire, means for binding the wire during advancement, and means for cutting off the same.

44. In a skeining machine, a movable thread guide, means for forming a skein when the thread guide is in one position, said thread guide adapted to bring the ends of the skein together when in a second position, and means for binding said ends when brought together.

In testimony, that we claim the foregoing as our invention, we have signed our names in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY E. VERRAN. MAX 0. CLAUSS. Witnesses:

C. P. Gonrnn, JOHN MURTAGH. 

